1. Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England

This English country home may be gorgeous, but it also has a dark past. The mysterious “Brown Lady” who haunts its halls is rumored to be Lady Dorothy Walpole, who was trapped in an unhappy marriage and later found solace in the arms of a fellow British aristocrat. Stories say it was either her enraged husband or the scorned wife of her lover who locked her in her room at Raynham Hall, where she eventually died in 1726. Her ghost, nicknamed so for the color of her dress, was reportedly captured on film in the December 1936 edition of Country Life.

2. Bhangarh Fort in Rajasthan, India

Roughly two hundred miles from Delhi, this abandoned fortress sticks out in the middle of the wilderness. According to local legends, it’s one of the most haunted places in India — long ago, a jealous sorcerer cast a curse on the area after being rejected by its princess. Another story tells of a powerful religious leader asking the king to not build this fort so that it would tower over his own house, its shadow thus ruining his favorite meditation spot (spoiler alert: the king’s grandson didn’t listen to the warning and the entire town was destroyed).

3. Poveglia in Venice, Italy

A short trip from Venice, the beautiful island of Poveglia was once a quarantine zone for people suffering from the plague and was also used as a psychiatric hospital in the early 20th century. Ghost hunters claim this spot is now a hotbed of paranormal activity.